De la Terre a la Lune, publie en 1865, ce roman de l'ecrivain francais Jules Verne. Apres la fin de la guerre de Secession, le Gun Club de Baltimore, club d'artilleurs, vegete par manque d'activite. Son president, Impey Barbicane, propose tres serieusement d'envoyer un boulet de canon sur la Lune. Apres plusieurs reunions, le Gun Club s'organise et lance une collecte de fonds en direction de toute la planete. Apres avoir recolte l'argent necessaire, le projet prend forme sous la forme d'un gigantesque canon d'une conception inspiree des Columbiad americains. La volonte du club est de mener...
De la Terre a la Lune, publie en 1865, ce roman de l'ecrivain francais Jules Verne. Apres la fin de la guerre de Secession, le Gun Club de Baltimore, ...
Agnes Kinloch Kingston (1824-1913). The Mysterious Island is a novel by Jules Verne, published in 1874. The original edition, published by Hetzel, contains a number of illustrations by Jules Ferat. The novel is a crossover sequel to Verne's famous Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and In Search of the Castaways, though its themes are vastly different from those books. An early draft of the novel, initially rejected by Verne's publisher and wholly reconceived before publication, was titled Shipwrecked Family: Marooned With Uncle Robinson, seen as indicating the influence on the novel of...
Agnes Kinloch Kingston (1824-1913). The Mysterious Island is a novel by Jules Verne, published in 1874. The original edition, published by Hetzel, con...
